Espacio 18 Arquitectura plans Villa Cava in tulum, mexico
Within the coronary heart of the Mayan jungle in Tulum, Mexico, Espacio 18 Arquitectura has accomplished a vacation home that pulls affect from the magical Yucatan peninsula caverns. The outside of the dwelling adopts a concrete silhouette that lightly softens up with the presence of vegetation and geometrical cutouts. Referred to as ‘Villa Cava’, the home is perceived for a younger couple from Ottawa that desired a vacation vacation spot the place nature, luxurious, and design work together. In shut communication with the house owners, the architects opted for brutalist structure the place zigzagged protrusions, round apertures, and a sequence of skylights carve the construction and add a delightful shock to its strict physique.
all photographs by César Béjar
Villa Cava was conceived to ship distinctive multi-sensory experiences to its inhabitants, ‘bringing them collectively in an area that provides relaxation, inspiration, and private progress.’ The design takes its cues from Cenotes — pure caves fashioned by collapsing limestone bedrock, exposing groundwater. That is represented in a glass-bottom pool on the rooftop, letting pure lighting into the areas going through the beneficiant aperture.
The design group sought to create structure that is available in concord with the encircling setting, all of the whereas contemplating building laws, tropical local weather situations, present vegetation, and the potential for hurricanes. Thus, the materiality selection has pared again to uncooked wood-formed concrete, ‘which is slowly uncovered to disclose itself as a carved sculpture.’ The group at Espacio 18 Arquitectura added:‘The development laws and present timber influenced the define of the home, whereas the jungle views have been thought-about to make sure full privateness.’
geometrical cutouts gently soften the concrete silhouette
a liveable carved sculpture
A concrete portal guides guests to Villa Cava’s inside, designed by Kayla Pongrac, unraveling round two present timber. The bottom degree hosts a school room, an open-concept chef’s kitchen, and a big social space that directs the gaze to the swim-up pool. This space is illuminated with delicate blue-hued gentle from above, forming a heat ambiance with intricate results of water and solar rays casting on the partitions. Gentle timber furnishings and earthy accents full the concrete flooring and white partitions, making a seamless reference to the mission’s exterior.
The higher flooring accommodates the personal areas, together with guestrooms and a nine-meter-tall main bedroom pierced by rigorously positioned skylights that drape the room in plentiful daylight. A beneficiant single-pane sq. window creates a pure ‘residing portray’, as talked about by the architects, framing unobstructed jungle views. On the rooftop is a second personal outside seating space, that extends the residing area and makes the a lot of the sweeping surroundings.
the rooftop makes the a lot of the sweeping surroundings
zigzagged protrusions add a delightful shock to its strict physique
the dwelling evolves round two stunning timber
the wooden-formed concrete physique is made to adapt to building laws, tropical local weather situations, present vegetation, and the potential for hurricanes
a vacation vacation spot the place nature, luxurious, and structure work together
the round aperture on the hallway directs the attention to the swim-up pool, which creates a delicate blue-hued gentle
mission information:
title: Villa Cava
architects: Espacio 18 Arquitectura
location: Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico
yr: 2023
constructing space: 445 sqm
pictures: César Béjar
inside design: Kayla Pongrac
developer: Adrian Salamunovic
architect in cost: Caty and Pato
landscaping: Di Tulum
group: Mario Ávila, Carla Osorio, Sonia Morales, Andrea Fox, Adrian Salamunovic, Caty, Pato and Kayla Pongrac
suppliers:
Interceramic: Toilet Furnishings and {Hardware}
CEMEX: Concrete
christina petridou I designboom
apr 12, 2023
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